msmithbooks Chapter 834 Trading Before the Trading Deadline
Chapter 834 Trading Before the Trading Deadline
Chapter 834 Trading Before the Trading Deadline
Although this deal between the Thunder and the Bulls was just an exchange of some role players, but because it is the favorite to win the championship, any news about the Thunder will become a hot topic and cause heated discussions among the public.
The Thunder scored an A on this deal, not because of how strong Ty Gipson and McDermott are, but because they used two players outside the rotation to find players who can enter the rotation. This is a positive direction trade.
The Thunder's 4th position is still quite weak. Their starting power forward Ilyasova has range, but his defense is very average. He has been criticized for being soft and unable to fight tough battles. Jeremy Grant, who was born in the number one, cameo.Grant can indeed play the 4th position in the small ball lineup, but he is not a pure 3th position. When encountering a strong 4th position, physical confrontation is very disadvantageous.
The arrival of Gipson provided the team with rebounds and hardness at the 4th position. Although he is over 30 years old and not at his peak, he can still help the team and enhance the team's internal strength with his rich experience.
As for McDermott, he was the No. 2014 rookie in the first round of 11. He was also a genius who was selected to the All-American team for three consecutive years in college.
He averaged 9.4 points per game last season, hit 1.4 3-pointers per game, and made 3% of his 42.5-pointers.His arrival is bound to directly form a competitive relationship with another white swingman Abrines, and the two will compete for playing time in the rotation stage.
For the Thunder, hoarding more wing shooters is in line with the general trend of the league.There are really not too many shooters. The current high value of 3D players has already explained everything.Both Abrines and McDermott belong to the 3, but the D is very average wing, but the Thunder has a defensive system, although their defense is not strong, but it is not to the point of being targeted to death, so on the court Won't be a colander.
Most NBA experts are still optimistic about the Thunder's deal.Because even if Gipson and McDermott can't fit into the team, they don't care.After all, the two players used for the trade are also players outside the rotation and infinitely close to the drinking fountain.
Now the Thunder coach Billy Donovan and his coaching staff are happy troubles because there are too many people playing.The reason why NBA superstars are so precious is that no matter how many people you can play in a basketball game, there are only 5 people who will play in the end.Especially in the playoffs, superstars can play 40 minutes at every turn, and the advantage of the long bench will be further weakened.
"Exchanging zeros for wholes" is a very good integrated thinking, but most teams don't trade with you.All-star players and superstars are treasures, who would easily trade with you?
The Thunder would certainly like to combine Roberson's defense and McDermott/Abrines shooting ability into one player if they can, so that they can get a very good 3-and-D player, but the question is is this possible?
This tests the coach's formation, when to play the defensive champion, and when to play the shooter.
Xie Kai is very excited about the arrival of Gipson and McDermott. His team doesn't know McDermott very well, he knows that he is a shooter, but he knows Gipson and knows that this is a very tough power forward.
Xie Kai likes tough players, and when Gipson was in the Bulls, he proved himself to be a very tough man.He can bring blood and passion to the team with violent dunks and aggressive rebounds. He never backs down and is a real man.
Gipson will compete with Ilyasova for the starting power forward position, and he's clearly ahead of teammate McDermott in terms of playing time.
On December 2, the Thunder played against the Lakers at home.
The Lakers have played so far this season, and their record is also poor.Although they changed their coaches, they put their old acquaintance Wharton on top, and replaced Byron Scott, the bad guy who could only flatter Kobe.They had expected Walton to lead the Warriors to a 24-game winning streak without Kerr, as they did last season.
But who knows that the ideal is full, and the reality is cruel. Wharton has not been able to reproduce the miracle of the Warriors. Instead, he has adjusted the team's lineup again and again, and has no idea what he is doing.
Lakers fans couldn't sit still, and some even left messages on general manager Kubchak's social media, wanting to replace the rubbish Walton.
Walton certainly knows that the fans are unhappy with him, not only the fans are unhappy with him, but also the veterans and young people in the team are also unhappy with him.He is also wronged, he has played a full-level account, and now he comes to play an account with nothing. As a "high-end player" who had a good time, he is a little at a loss.
Walton wanted to transplant the Warriors' system to the Lakers, but the Lakers played a triangle offense in the early years. During Byron Scott's time, they played Princeton, X**D, and everything. Now they are playing passes, cutting, running and bombing again, and the players are all in a state of confusion.
In the Warriors' system, the big center Mozgov and powerful forward Luol Deng, who were poached for a huge amount in the summer, were first abolished. They are not suitable for this.The No. [-] pick Russell and one-sided forward Randall like this, but this team does not form an overall offensive system like the Warriors.
If it weren't for the lack of requirements for the record, Wharton would have been fired a long time ago.
In this game, the Lakers continued their unknown system. Facing the big three Thunder, they played more like an NBDL team.
Whether it's fans who don't understand football or those experts, they can see the huge gap in strength between the two teams at a glance.This is basically a college student beating an elementary school student, not a high school student beating a junior high school student.
There was no suspense about the result of the game. The Big Three all clocked out of get off work in three quarters, and the final quarter became a garbage time game between the substitute players of the two sides.
The Thunder beat the Lakers lightly, ushered in 5 consecutive victories, and their record also came to 43 wins and 15 losses, continuing to rank third in the Western Conference.
Some Lakers fans have always blamed Xie Kai for the team's various blind operations during the offseason and the current team's poor record. If Xie Kai could join the Lakers during the offseason last summer, the team would I will not sign weak players like Mozgov and Ruhr Deng.
But Xie Kai has a different opinion. He thinks that under the leadership of Wharton, even if he goes to the Lakers, he probably has a chance to enter the playoffs after working so hard!If you get injured, your career will be severely tested.
Whoever wants to wade through this muddy water, I don't owe the Lakers anything, that's all!
(End of this chapter)